The cast of Saturday Night Live took shots at President Trump and his family over the weekend, in a limp attempt to revive the deflated cultural "resistance" against the current, and former, president.
The tedious opening skit depicts Trump as a "king" upstaging the Founding Fathers - and also mocks Barron Trump, white people, and Trump's change in his inauguration plans.
The scene depicts "king" Trump interrupting Alexander Hamilton, portrayed by Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, during the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
"Never say never... Kidding of course, though in many ways I’m not. I’m in my king era," said James Austin Johnson, portraying Trump.
The skit proceeds into a wearisome, racially charged attack on Trump's first week back in office, particularly his actions reversing DEI.
"But just like the founding fathers, I am creating a new country as well. And just like them, we’re doing it very whitely. DEI is over. It’s dead."
"Workplaces must go back to looking like the TV show ‘The Office’: mostly white people but with one funny black guy who is having a really bad time," Johnson said.
The show's creators also made it perfectly clear that 18-year-old Barron Trump, now a college freshman, is fair game for their lame jokes.
After Trump's first inauguration in 2017, a Saturday Night Live writer was suspended for calling then 10-year-old Barron Trump a "school shooter." Saturday's broadcast poked fun at Barron's prodigious growth over the past eight years, comparing him to the Lord of the Rings character Gandalf.
“I’m back in the White House, just in time. Everything is back to how it was,” said Johnson’s Trump. “Except now my new favorite son is Barron, and he is smacking his head on every door frame. Oh, it’s bad."
“It's like when Gandalf goes to Bilbo's house,” Johnson added.
Trump's inauguration also came in for mockery, with Johnson's Trump saying, “It was inside due to cold and fear. But we had a lot of surprise guests. Like Melania. That was nice.”
Saturday Night Live famously reacted to Trump's 2016 victory with a funereal performance of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" by Kate McKinnon portraying Hillary Clinton.
The solemn skit marked the beginning of the anti-Trump "resistance," as the left marshalled all of its cultural influence to discredit the 45th president.
All in vain, as Trump returns to office with more popularity than he had the first time. Meanwhile, Saturday Night Live is looking more out of touch than ever.
